Pentatonic Major Scale in E – Part 3 of 6
This is the 3rd article about guitar scales, this is pentatonic major scale in the Key of E. It’s very useful for improvising in the Key of E, it’s reasonably ‘safe sounding’ and difficult to go wrong with it if you are soloing in E. The notes are E, F sharp, G sharp, B, C sharp. It would be useable over a standard sort of chord pattern in E which included E A and B. Yes it is useable over other chords, but if you are new to improvisation just get it down so it works over those chords. You’ll notice there will be strong and weak tones.
As always, when I write scales I write them with a few twists to prevent you from becoming lazy and to help you focus on what you are doing. The version I have written starts on the second fret, moves to the 4th, then the 7th and briefly to the 9th.
When descending, you’ll notice I’ve added some open notes on the first and second string. This is a great way to play, because you’ll get a nice ringing tone of the open notes, almost bell like and it gives you a split-second to change frets. The bluegrass guys are great at this.
The printable version is available in pdf, don’t ruin your eyes trying to work off the screen, print them out and create a folder of them all so you can work through them away from the computer, minus the distraction of checking your email 
Click below for the Printable PDF TABS and Notation for guitar
Pentatonic Scales for guitar in E Tab and notation
Here is the link for Part 2 of the Pentatonic series http://the-guitarplayer.com/?p=181
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